FROM THE DESK OF FR. JEFF
January 7-8, 2017
Posted by Father Bill Farris, OFM on 1/10/17
This coming Tuesday one of our Franciscans, originally from Detroit, will be buried here. Fr. Rock Travnikar was one of the first friars I got to know when I came to Southfield in 1968 to begin my college studies. He began as a brother, but discerned a call to ... Read More »
December 31-January 1, 2017
Posted by Father Bill Farris, OFM on 1/01/17
One of the calendar oddities about this year (it began with Christmas and New Year falling on Sundays) is need to move the Feast of the Holy Family to this past Friday. Usually the feast occurs on a Sunday, when families have the opportunity to reflect upon their call ... Read More »
December 24-25, 2016
Posted by Father Bill Farris, OFM on 1/01/17
The parish staff and our Franciscan community wish you all a very blessed Christmas! We hope that the Christmastide will be more like holy days than holidays. Many of you made these days holy through long hours at work in our Franciscan Outreach. Both the number of people served ... Read More »
December 17-18, 2016
Posted by Father Bill Farris, OFM on 1/01/17
We don't have four full weeks of Advent every year. Usually this fourth week lasts only a few days. The calendar gives us the complete experience of waiting, and leads us into the weekend for our Christmas celebration. I hope the younger members of our parish will find the ... Read More »
December 10-11, 2016
Posted by Father Bill Farris, OFM on 12/12/16
We are beginning the 3rd week of Advent; the days slip by so quickly for all of us. Ask me if I have finished sending out my Christmas cards - ask me if I have even addressed the envelopes yet! Perhaps writing this out on Monday will motivate me ... Read More »
December 3-4, 2016
Posted by Father Bill Farris, OFM on 12/12/16
You may have noticed the television in the gathering room last weekend. I've come across a series of 31 short videos which covers many different aspects of the Mass in short, understandable episodes. Each week we'll have 2 videos looping before and after each weekend liturgy. I hope they ... Read More »
November 26-27, 2016
Posted by Father Bill Farris, OFM on 11/28/16
Today is the first Sunday of Advent and the beginning of a new year of worship. We will hear from the gospel of Matthew on most Sundays in this cycle. Why not begin Advent by coming to our Thursday evening bible study with Sr. Helen Therese Bodziak? This group ... Read More »
November 19-20, 2016
Posted by Father Bill Farris, OFM on 11/28/16
The friars and parish staff wish you all a blessed Thanksgiving. Every mass is certainly the deepest possible expression of Thanksgiving, but we still need this holiday to gather with our family (if possible) and express to one another a deeply-felt thanks. I will be in Indiana with some ... Read More »
November 12-13, 2016
Posted by Father Bill Farris, OFM on 11/28/16
We are entering into the final week of the Holy Year of Mercy. Looking back over this past year, I find that my own spirit was touched by the recurring and persistent call to accept and to give mercy. I hope that the practice of mercy has taken root ... Read More »
November 5-6, 2016
Posted by Father Bill Farris, OFM on 11/28/16
You may notice that our Sunday readings leading up to November 20th have taken on a different tone. The Church asks us to reflect more deeply upon the time that is allotted to each of us, especially in regard to the end times and the final judgment.
But even ... Read More »